Cloth-measuring machine



(Model.)` n C. C. 8v J. R. HENDERSON.

016th Measuring. Machine. No. 242,641. Patented .lune 7,1881.

ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

`CHARLES o. HENDERSON AND 'JAOOB E. HENDERSON, OE AEKADELPHIA,

ARKANSAS,A

C LOTH-,MEASURING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters APatent No'. 242,641,'dated June 7, 1881, Appnootion nien Novembor 26, leso. (Model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES U. HENDER- soN and JACOB R. HENDERSON, of Arkadelphia, Clark county, and State of Arkansas,

have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Machines for Measuring Baggin g and other Materials, of which the following is a specilieatiou.

Our improvements relate to machines for 1o winding off and measuring bagging and heavy bolt goods, and have for their object to save y the time and labor required in doing such work by hand. Further, the object is specially to relieve the countingshaft of weight from the passing web, and to construct counting mechanism adapted for measuring large quantities at once. A

I n the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the machine partially in 2o section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same,and Fig. 3 is a face view ofthe registering-dial.

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

l A A are standards fixed to a base, B, or they may be otherwise supported. At the upper ends of standards A are 'fixed cross-hars a a, in which tension-rollers l) are tted, there being two rollers, b,at each end ot' hars ai, so that 3o there is a pair oi' such rollers at each side of the machine. In the standards is journaled a sha-ft, c, on which is Xed a circular disk, d, having pins on its edge. The shaft c is placed so that the upper edge ot' disk d is about on a Straight line from the front rollers, b, to thel rolle-rs at the back, the pins being thereby in position for being caught by the web passing across without there beingany weight on shaft c from the material. One end ot shaft c is 4o tted with a worm, e, projecting outside the standard into a boX,f, in which boX, on an arbor, g', is fitted a pinion` g, that engages withthe worm. On the arbor g', at the Outside of the box, is a loose dial, h, and fixed on the arbor is a hand or pointer, i. The dial h is marked in yards, and has numerous holes near its edge, which allow a pin to be inserted into the side of box f, to hold the dial after it is turned ,to bring the zero-point to the hand.

i 5o This mechanism will register the turns of shaft Y rial can be used.

c, and is specially adapted for indicating large quantities by a single turn of the pointer. In measuring smaller quantities-as, for instance, in retailing goods-a quicker-acting counter can be used.

On the lower part of standards A are xed cross-bars k, which carry at the front of the machine the windlass-shaft B, by which the material is to be Wound. The shaft B is made in three portions, the two end portions, l l', 6o supported in cross-bars k, and middle bar or board, m, that is connected removably to the ends of the portions Z l. The end portions are each fit-ted with two plates, n,having toothed edges, between which the end of board or bar m s clamped by a screw, n, tapped into the plates. This construction permits ready removal of the bar or board m with the roll of material. y

The rear ends ot' cross-bars 7c sustain a rigid 7o bar, o, over which the material passes to the tension-rollers b. This bar may be dispensed with when the-machine is used for heavy material, and, if desired, theends of arms It may have pins 19, for stretching the bagging while a new roll is being attached to the end of an eX- hausted roll. i

In operation the roll of material is placed upon the lioor, the end drawn from the inside over one of the lower rollers, under and half 8o around the adjacent upper roller, across the face of the disk, over and halt around the other upper roller, and over and within the other lower roller, down to the windlass-shaft C, so that the upper rollers serve to hold said mate- 8 5 rial within reach of the pins ot' the disk with outallowing it to bear upon the disk itself, while the lower rollers serve to keep the material at a greater tension than would otherwise be the case. As the `material is wound 9o on the board m the shaft c is turned and the quantity drawn over indicated on the dial. The dial'is in convenient position for observa tion, and the pointer moving slowly a large number of yards will be registered in a single revolution.

The separate portions l l' of shatt being capable of end movement in the supports k, a bar or board, m, suited to the width of matec IOO Having thus described our invention, we but within reach of the pins, and to regulate eiaim as new and desire to secure by Letters the tension of the ycloth, as shown and dezo Patentscribed.

The combination, with the disk d, carrying CHARLES O. HENDERSON. 5 peripheral pins and arranged upon a rotary JACOB R. HENDERSON.

shaf, c, of the two pairs of rolls b b, arranged Witnesses: on opposite sides of the upper part of disks, R. A. LOOKE,

serving both to hold the cloth above the disk, G. H. LOCKE. 

